Agenda:  Chapter 5 Vocabulary  Quick-write  Character Web: Six Degrees of The Great Gatsby  Quick-Write  Ranking Success: The American Dream  Think and Write Homework:  Chapter 5 Vocabulary Take out:  Pen/Pencil  Notebook  The Great Gatsby  Homework (Rothstein) Goals:  Use evidence to explain how the characters are connected to each other  Apply knowledge of characters to our understanding of the American Dream

 Rout: (N.)  Suppress: (V.)  Innumerable: (Adj.)  Ecstatic: (Adj.)  Reproach: (V.)  Serf: (N.)  Obstinate: (Adj.)  Exult: (V.)  Hulking: (Adj.)  Nebulous: (Adj.) I will collect your homework as you write these down in your notebook

 How important are the relationships between the characters in The Great Gatsby?  How do the characters use their relationships with others to their advantage?

 Six degrees of separation is the theory that everyone in the world is six or fewer steps away, by way of introduction, from any other person  This theory was humorously applied to the actor Kevin BaconKevin Bacon  Your assignment is to make your own web of connections, linking all of the characters in The Great Gatsby around a central character: Nick Your web should:  Have all of the characters that we have met so far (at least 12 of them)  Connect characters that we know have met each other  Connect pairs of characters that have a strong connection with a bold, or highlighted line  Connect characters that have a weak connection with a thin line  Give a brief explanation on the connecting line as to how they know each other

 Are any of these characters successful?  How do you think that these characters define “success”?

 Beginning in the Colonial Era, the American Dream was defined by the idea that each person, regardless of their origins, could succeed in life on the sole basis of his or her own skill and effort.  Create a poster with your group (be creative) that ranks the characters in the book based on how successful they are in their pursuit of the American Dream  Your poster should include:  Your definition of “success”  The scale by which you are ranking the characters  Before you begin, you need to define:  What is “success”?  What sort of “skill” do they have and use?  What sort of “effort” do they show?

In your notebooks, silently write a paragraph (8-10 sentences) in response to the following questions:  How had the American Dream changed between the Colonial Period and the Jazz Age? What was the new definition of the American Dream? How does Fitzgerald use his novel (and the characters therein) to show his criticism of the “new” American Dream? Use concrete details from the book to support your answers